The off-season annual “Yone-chan’s fashionable baseball study”. Reporter Teruaki Yoneya, who has been covering baseball for more than 40 years, will introduce surprising data and episodes while making full use of puns.

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Look forward to your feet, not your bats this year. It is the 21st season of Yakult Munetaka Murakami infielder (20). He hit 36 ​​home runs in 19 and recorded 30% and 7 home runs in 20. If 30 or 30% comes, the next one will be 30 stolen bases. Time difference triple three. If you translate this as “3 Mitsu?”, The story goes to another place.

In recent years, the number of running 4th batters has decreased. There is no stolen base in No. 4 for 6 years such as DeNA. Yoshitomo Tsutsugo (Rays) was the last to decide in the Chunichi match on September 17, 2014. Looking for the 4th 30 stolen base, it goes back to Isao Harimoto (Toei) in 1963. He hit 33 home runs and decided 41 stolen bases. It may be “Running No. 4 Hashiri?”

If it was lowered to 20 stolen bases, Koji Akiyama (Daiei) in 1994 had 26 stolen bases. In the first year of transfer from Seibu, he also hit 24 home runs. For books and stolen bases? Reliable number 4. In the Central League, Koji Yamamoto (Hiroshima) in 1977 stole 22 bases and hit 44 home runs.

Murakami stole 11 bases last year. It increased from 0 in the first year to 5 → 11. In the game against Hanshin on November 5, he achieved 1 inning and 3 stolen bases. I can still run. I want you to aim for the next base with the bat as it is. “Does the base call a friend?” The 4th foot will stimulate other players.[Teruaki Yoneya]

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